The Himachal Pradesh Contigency Fund Act,1971

THE HIMACHAL PRADESH CONTINGENCY FUND ACT, 1971   

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS 

Sections: 

1. Short title and commencement. 

2. Interpretation. 

3. Establishment of Himachal Pradesh Contingency Fund. 

4. Constitution of the Fund. 

5. Purpose for which Fund may be utilized. 

6. Power to make rules. 

7. Repeal of the Punjab Contingency Fund Act, 1950 and the 

Himachal Pradesh Contingency Fund (Determination of 

Amount) Act, 1964. 

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THE HIMACHAL PRADESH CONTINGENCY FUND ACT, 1971  

(ACT NO. 9 OF 1971)
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(Received the assent of the Governor on the 3
rd

  May, 1971, and was 

published in the Rajpatra, Himachal Pradesh (Extra-ordinary), dated the 27
th
  

May, 1971, pp. 421-424).    

An Act to provide for the establishment and maintenance of a 

contingency Fund in the State of Himachal Pradesh.    

 Amended, repealed or otherwise affected by:-   

(1) H.P. Act No. 19 of 1987
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assented to by the Governor on 16
th
 

September, 1987, published in the Rajpatra, Himachal 

Pradesh (Extra-ordinary), dated 18
th
 September, 1987, pp. 

1780-1781.  

(2) H.P. Act No. 2 of 1999
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assented to by the Governor on 16
th
 

January, 1999, published in the Rajpatra, Himachal Pradesh 

(Extra-ordinary), dated 18
th
 January, 1999,  pp. 235-238.   

BE it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh in the 

Twenty-second Year of the Republic of India as follows:- 

1. Short title and commencement.- (1) This Act may be called the 

Himachal Pradesh Contingency Fund Act, 1971.    

                                                 
1.  For Statement of Objects and Reasons, see the Rajpatra, Himachal Pradesh 

(Extra-ordinary), dated the 19
th

 April, 1971, p. 226. 

2.  For Statement of Objects and Reasons see the Rajpatra, Himachal Pradesh (Extra-

ordinary), dated 10
th

 September, 1987, p. 1658. 

3.  For Statement of Objects and Reasons see the Rajpatra, Himachal Pradesh (Extra-

ordinary), dated 9
th

 December, 1998, pp. 4188 and 4192. 



THE HIMACHAL PRADESH CONTINGENCY FUND ACT, 1971  

 

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(2) It extends to the whole of the State of Himachal Pradesh.    

(3) It shall come into force at once. 

2. Interpretation.- In this Act, "the Fund" means the Himachal 

Pradesh Contingency Fund established under section 3.   

3. Establishment of Himachal Pradesh Contingency Fund.- On the 

commencement of this Act, the State Government shall establish in and for 

the State of Himachal Pradesh a Fund called the Himachal Pradesh 

Contingency Fund in the nature of an Imprest Account.  

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[4. Constitution of the Fund.- The State Government shall 

appropriate a sum of rupees five crores out of the Consolidated Fund of the 

State and place it to the credit of the Fund.] 

5. Purpose for which Fund may be utilized.- The Fund shall be 

placed at the disposal of the Governor of Himachal Pradesh, who shall not 

expend it except for the purposes of making advances from time to time for 

meeting unforeseen expenditure of the State pending authorisation of such 

expenditure by the Legislature of the State under appropriations made by 

law; and immediately after the coming into operation of such law, an amount 

equal to the amount or amounts advanced by the Governor for the purposes 

aforesaid shall be deemed to have been placed to the credit of the Fund and 

the amount so transferred or deemed to have been transferred shall for all 

purposes form part of the Fund.   

6. Power to make rules.- The State Government may by notification 

make rules to carry out all or any of the purposes of the Act.   

7. Repeal of the Punjab Contingency Fund Act, 1950 and the 

Himachal Pradesh Contingency Fund (Determination of Amount) Act, 
1964.- The Punjab Contingency Fund Act, 1950 (13 of 1950) as applicable to 

the territories added to Himachal Pradesh under section 5 of the Punjab Re-

organisation Act, 1966 (31 of 1966) and the Himachal Pradesh Contingency 

Fund (Determination of Amount) Act, 1964 (1 of 1964) are hereby repealed. 

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1. Proviso  to section 4 was added vide H.P. Act No. 19 of 1987 and subsequently 

section 4 substituted vide Act No. 2 of 1999.